Month: February 2006

  • Subversion tips: working with branches

    Good article on branching techniques for Subversion. Subversion is great software, essentially a major upgrade of CVS. Its branch support is stellar, for a few reasons: * Visibility: Branches are physical copies, you can see all branches, stored by convention in the /branches folder. This is unlike CVS (or VSS) where branches are placed in…

  • PNG support javascript for IE

    PNG for Win32 IE5.5 / Mac IE5 / Moz Each of the flowers below is the same PNG format graphic with an alpha channel on four different colored backgrounds. Note how the backgrounds shine through the alpha layer. new document Link to share this: https://gabrielserafini.com/blog/2006/02/14/png-support-javascript-for-ie/

  • youngpup.net – TransMenus – neat free Javascript menu script

    This is a cool animated Javascript menu script that used to cost $150 and is now free. Cooool! 🙂 These menus are a slightly cleaned up version of the ones I wrote for Media Temple back in the day. youngpup.net – TransMenus Link to share this: https://gabrielserafini.com/blog/2006/02/14/youngpupnet-transmenus-neat-free-javascript-menu-script/

  • unpaper 1.1

    Open source scanning software that corrects skewed scans so they align properly. unpaper is a post-processing tool for scanned sheets of paper, especially for book pages that have been scanned from previously created photocopies. The main purpose is to make scanned book pages better readable on screen after conversion to PDF. Additionally, unpaper might be…

  • Download Google map tiles…

    Say you want a 40×30 tile version of your local neighborhood to view “offline”? Go here and enter the coordinates to get the goods… Of course, keep in mind, that, well, something like 40×30 = 1,200 graphics. You know, MATH, it’s all around us… 🙂 See info at http://web.media.mit.edu/~nvawter/projects/googlemaps/index.html on how to determine your start…

  • Super Mario Brothers Synth Board

    Super Mario Brother Synth board, create your own SMB mix of songs and sounds read more | digg story Link to share this: https://gabrielserafini.com/blog/2006/02/05/super-mario-brothers-synth-board/

  • Python at Google (presentation by Greg Stein given at SDForum)

    I love this part of this nice piece about some of the technology / programming practices at Google: Python programmers at Google must follow a strict style guideline (based on PEP8 with 2 spaced indenting). When engineers are first granted commit access to their SCM system, they must pass a style test. All code must…

  • So you need a hammer, huh?

    This is pretty funny, and I suspect, more than a little bit accurate. Let’s pretend I’ve decided to build a spice rack. I’ve done small woodworking projects before, and I think I have a pretty good idea of what I need: some wood and a few basic tools: a tape measure, a saw, a level,…

  • Creating a Mozilla/Firefox Drag and Drop file upload Script (Part 1)

    Drag and drop upload of a file into Mozilla is possible? This promises to deliver that formerly IE – Windows only capability. Yay. Creating a Mozilla/Firefox Drag and Drop file upload Script (Part 1) There has been a lot of focus lately on web applications which have enhanced rich-client functionality, such as the oft-published AJAX…

  • Web 2.0 Innovation Map

    Hmmm…. No St. Louis companies listed here… yet. 🙂 The Web 2.0 Innovation Map grew out of an interest in how Web 2.0 development is distributed geographically. Using the lists of Web 2.0 applications from various sources (see listings) and a bit of elbow grease to locate addresses, the Innovation Map was born. The locations…

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